रामो राजमणि: सदा विजयते रामं रमेशं भजे ।
रामेणाभिहता निशाचरचमू रामाय तस्मै नम: ।
रामान्नास्ति परायणं परतरं रामस्य दासोSस्म्यहम् ।
रामे चित्तलय: सदा भवतु मे भो राम मामुद्धर ॥३७॥
rāmō rājamaṇi: sadā vijayatē rāmaṁ ramēśaṁ bhajē ।
rāmēṇābhihatā niśācaracamū rāmāya tasmai nama: ।
rāmānnāsti parāyaṇaṁ parataraṁ rāmasya dāsōSsmyaham ।
rāmē cittalaya: sadā bhavatu mē bhō rāma māmuddhara ॥37॥
Rama, the jewel among the kings, Him I worship, by Him so many demons have been destroyed, to His is said my prayer, beyond Him there is nothing to be worshipped, His servant I am, my mind is totally absorbed in Him, O Rama, please lift me up (from the lower to the higher Self).This verse gives all the seven declensions (the variation of the form of a noun, pronoun or adjective by which its grammatical case, number and gender are identified) of the singular word Rama and gives us one way of remembering them !
Case | Singular | Dual | Plural |
I (Subject) | रामः (Rāmaḥ) | रामौ (Rāmau) | रामाः (Rāmāḥ) |
II (To, Object) | रामम् (Rāmam) | रामौ (Rāmau) | रामान् (Rāman) |
III (With, By) | रामेण (Rāmeṇa) | रामाभ्याम् (Rāmābhyām) | रामैः (Rāmaiḥ) |
IV (For) | रामाय (Rāmāya) | रामाभ्याम् (Rāmābhyām) | रामेभ्यः (Rāmebhyaḥ) |
V (From, Than) | रामात् (Rāmāt) | रामाभ्याम् (Rāmābhyām) | रामेभ्यः (Rāmebhyaḥ) |
VI (Of) | रामस्य (Rāmasya) | रामयोः (Rāmayoḥ) | रामाणाम् (Rāmāṇām) |
VII (In, On) | रामे (Rāme) | रामयोः (Rāmayoḥ) | रामेषु (Rāmeṣu) |
Vocative | हे राम (He Rāma) | हे रामौ (He Rāmau) | हे रामाः (He Rāmāḥ) |